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Volume: 26S6 - October 2000

1998/1999 Canadian Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Surveillance Report

Appendix 1.3B
Reported Infectious Syphilis1 Cases and Rates2 in Canada by Province/Territory and Sex, 1993-19993
Year   Total* Province/Territory
NF PEI NS NB QU ON MB SK AL BC YT NWT Nunavut4
1993 Cases Male 104 0 0 6 0 13 65 2 3 5 8 0 0  
Female 79 0 0 9 0 7 55 1 2 1 3 0 0  
Total 188 0 0 15 0 20 125 3 5 6 11 0 0  
Rate Male 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.4 1.2 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.0  
Female 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.2 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0  
Total 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.3 1.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0  
1994 Cases Male 115 0 0 11 3 18 55 3 11 5 9 0 0  
Female 71 1 1 13 4 2 35 1 7 3 3 1 0  
Total 191 1 1 24 7 20 93 4 18 8 14 1 0  
Rate Male 0.8 0.0 0.0 2.4 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.5 2.2 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.0  
Female 0.5 0.3 0.3 2.7 1.0 0.1 0.6 0.2 1.4 0.2 0.2 6.9 0.0  
Total 0.7 0.2 0.2 2.6 0.9 0.3 0.9 0.4 1.8 0.3 0.4 3.4 0.0  
1995 Cases Male 90 1 0 1 1 6 58 3 9 3 8 0 0  
Female 55 0 0 0 0 7 34 1 10 1 2 0 0  
Total 145 1 0 1 1 13 92 4 19 4 10 0 0  
Rate Male 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.1 0.5 1.8 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0  
Female 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.2 2.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0  
Total 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.4 1.9 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0  
1996 Cases Male 74 0 0 1 0 11 41 1 4 0 16 0 0  
Female 49 0 0 2 0 1 37 0 6 0 3 0 0  
Total 123 0 0 3 0 12 78 1 10 0 19 0 0  
Rate Male 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0  
Female 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0  
Total 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0  
1997 Cases Male 67 0 0 0 0 4 29 0 1 4 29 0 0  
Female 49 0 0 1 0 4 20 0 1 4 19 0 0  
Total 116 0 0 1 0 8 49 0 2 8 48 0 0  
Rate Male 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.5 0.0 0.0  
Female 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.3 1 0.0 0.0  
Total 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.2 0.0 0.0  
1998 Cases Male 101 0 0 1 0 3 22 2 0 6 67 0 0  
Female 66 0 0 1 0 1 18 1 0 0 45 0 0  
Total 167 0 0 2 0 4 40 3 0 6 112 0 0  
Rate Male 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.4 3.4 0.0 0.0  
Female 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0  
Total 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.2 2.8 0.0 0.0  
1999 Cases Male 94 0 0 1 0 1 19 0 0 1 72 0 0 0
Female 65 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 55 0 0 0
Total 159 0 0 1 0 3 27 0 0 1 127 0 0 0
Rate Male 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Female 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 <0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 Infectious syphilis: early symptomatic (primary and secondary) syphilis + early latent syphilis
2 Rate per 100,000 population. Population estimates provided by Statistics Canada
3 1999 cases are incomplete and changes are anticipated
4 Nunavut STD data in 1999 are from April 1, 1999
* Totals include cases not specified for sex.

Source: Division of STD Prevention and Control, Bureau of HIV/AIDS, STD and TB, Health Canada, 2000

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